Raymarine Purchase?

[dubob]

Thanks for letting me know.  I fish the Columbia River and offshore 4 or 5 weeks each summer and my freshwater units could do better.  The gps goes blank 5 miles offshore which is probably just a map issue.  The Lowrance fish finder doesn’t give me the detail that Raymarine users get when the chinook run the bottom.  The Raymarine Element seems to be the dominant choice in the NW.  I’m glad to hear your Element 9HV is performing well in fresh water.

A couple years back, we were vacationing in Myrtle Beach NC (which is an Atlantic Ocean coastal town) and I happened to stop by the local BPS.  While there, I asked one of their salespeople which brand name sonar was the preferred unit for their area - Humminbird or Lowrance?  His answer surprised me; Garmin outsold the combined total of the other two.  I'm about 98% certain that if I upgrade my current sonar system (Lowrance Elite 7 Ti), it will be with a Garmin.